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Heretofore men in highest dignity have labor'd not a little to be thought able to
compose a tragedy . Of that honor Dionysius the elder was no less ambitious ,
than before of his attaining to the tyranny . Augustus Cæfar also had begun his
Ajax ...
Heretofore men in highest dignity have labor'd not a little to be thought able to
compose a tragedy . Of that honor Dionysius the elder was no less ambitious ,
than before of his attaining to the tyranny . Augustus Cæfar also had begun his
Ajax ...
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Yet more there be who doubt his ways not just , 300 As to his own edicts found
contradicting , Then give the reins to wandering thought , Regardless of his
glory's diminution ; Till by their own perplexities involv'd They ravel more , still
less ...
Yet more there be who doubt his ways not just , 300 As to his own edicts found
contradicting , Then give the reins to wandering thought , Regardless of his
glory's diminution ; Till by their own perplexities involv'd They ravel more , still
less ...
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... As on entrails , joints , and limbs , With answerable pains , but more intense ,
Though void of corporal sense . My griefs not only pain me As a lingring disease ,
But finding no redress , ferment and rage , Nor less than wounds immedicable ...
... As on entrails , joints , and limbs , With answerable pains , but more intense ,
Though void of corporal sense . My griefs not only pain me As a lingring disease ,
But finding no redress , ferment and rage , Nor less than wounds immedicable ...
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... my offense , But that on th ' other side if it be weigh'd By ' itself , with
aggravations not surcharg'd , Or else with just allowance counterpois'd , 770 I
may , if poflible , thy pardon find The 760 765 The easier towards me , or thy
hatred less .
... my offense , But that on th ' other side if it be weigh'd By ' itself , with
aggravations not surcharg'd , Or else with just allowance counterpois'd , 770 I
may , if poflible , thy pardon find The 760 765 The easier towards me , or thy
hatred less .
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The easier towards me , or thy hatred less . First granting , as I do , it was a
weakness In me , but incident to all our sex , Curiofity , inquifitive , importune 775
Of secrets , then with like infirmity To publish them , both common female faults :
Was it ...
The easier towards me , or thy hatred less . First granting , as I do , it was a
weakness In me , but incident to all our sex , Curiofity , inquifitive , importune 775
Of secrets , then with like infirmity To publish them , both common female faults :
Was it ...
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Page 163 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed. And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
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Page 181 - Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
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Page 106 - But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustomed oak.
Page 159 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
Page 308 - But here the main skill and groundwork will be to temper them such lectures and explanations upon every opportunity as may lead and draw them in willing obedience; inflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue; stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God and famous to all ages...
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| Title | The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volume 12 The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, English poets |
| Author | English poets |
| Published | 1790 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2006 |
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